This experiment was conducted in the laboratory of the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University in 2012. As a material the seeds of dichondra (Dichondra repens) which is a green area plant were used and the study was performed as randomized plots desi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/14284
An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of planting density on growth, development, yield and yield components contributing characteristics of maize during the period of November, 2012 to March 2013 in the Research Field and Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecolo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22228
Conventionally, crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) depends primarily on natural soil nutrients. Application of inorganic and organic fertilizers is an important way for maximizing agriculture in SSA that targets the full utilization of the agricultural lands for food to...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/13928
Salinity is an important growth-limiting abiotic stress factor. Salicylic acid (S.A), Benzoic Acid (B.A) and p-coumaric acid (p-CA) are substances generally thought to play a crucial role in the enhancement of salt tolerance and regulation of growth and development in plants. Thi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22396
The agricultural use of sewage sludge have been presented as an alternative both to reduce the volume of this environmental liability as to obtain a product to be used in agricultural soils as fertilizer. However, when the household sewage is also composed of water from the indus...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22570
Aims: Present study is concerned about the leaching kinetics of sulphate anions in soil using glass column method. Study Design: we have focused our attention on the mechanism of solute transport via leaching. Place of Study: Soil samples were collected from the barren field loca...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22368
The decline in agricultural productivity in Nigeria is merely because the rural farmers which constitute the bulk of Nigerian crop farmers rely on the rainfall for their agricultural activities. Rice farmers in Ebonyi State, regarded as a major rice producing State in Nigeria rel...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20783
Nano-fertilizer technology is designed to deliver nutrients in a regulated pattern in correspondence with the crop demand thereby nutrient use efficiency can be improved without associated ill-effects. This present study hypothesize that nano-zeolite possesses extensive surface a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22103
Row transplanting is one of the good agronomic practices being promoted for lowland rice production in Ghana. The recently introduced ‘Sawah’ system promotes effective land preparation, good water management and row transplanting as well as the use of hand tools for weed control...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/21911
Aims: The study assessed the effect of limited soil phosphorus and drought on yield sensitivity and root architectural development of low phosphorus tolerant common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) materials Study Design: This was a randomised complete block design in which 2*3*5 fac...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/19451